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Breech Pin :: Breech pin () Alt. of Breech scre.

Breech-loading :: Breech-loading (a.) Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

Breech Screw :: Breech screw () A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore..

Breeches :: Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes..

Breech :: Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation..

Chassepot :: Chassepot (n.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun..

Gomer :: Gomer (n.) A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor..

Trail :: Trail (v. t.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle..

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.

Chamber :: Chamber (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns..

Breeched :: Breeched (imp. & p. p.) of Breec.

Sans-culotte :: Sans-culotte (n.) A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons..

Breechcloth :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..

Dispart :: Dispart (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

Slop :: Slop (v. i.) A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.

Breech Sight :: Breech sight () A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim..

Mitrailleuse :: Mitrailleuse (n.) A breech-loading machine gun consisting of a number of barrels fitted together, so arranged that the barrels can be fired simultaneously, or successively, and rapidly..

Unbreech :: Unbreech (v. t.) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches.

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